Total Crime Rate

583.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 583.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 216.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 84.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 81.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 61.8 10/10
  • Other theft 46.3 10/10
  • Public order 42.5 10/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.6 10/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queen Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Newtown and St Leonard's , and the 13th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Queen Street (EX4 3RX) in the last 12 months was 583.0 per 1,000 residents and was 334.7% higher than the Newtown and St Leonard's average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 274.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 97.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Street (EX4 3RX), the main crime hotspot is near North Street. Police recorded 462 crimes here, including 255 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queen Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northernhay Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Synagogue Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Synagogue Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northernhay Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Northernhay Gate Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area

Data Sources

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